Giving World Online (GWO) is a scheme set up to help community groups and charities access free surplus goods from businesses and organisations and to help businesses reduce the amount of goods sent to landfill sites. Items include clothing, educational materials, office equipment and toiltetries.

In the next three months GWO will be engaging with businesses in the West Midlands encouraging them to use GWO’s free service to redirect their goods to charities and groups that could make use of them for their beneficiaries.

Groups can register now to familiarise themselves with the website, see how it works and browse the goods currently available. Visit www.givingworldonline.com.